Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-10

s lid to he 100 men (convicts) working
in the coal mines at Is cents a day, and 4
ton of iron ore can be mined here and
placed on the cars for Is cents at profit
| Such are the glories and beauties of pro-
| lection!
hus do iron mountains grow and
abound, and coal measures thicken and
multiply, and the noble infants of pro.
tectior are being left unfathered on the
doOrsteps of every state in the Union
With one more Alabama in the Union, and
that papfed, pig-iron prodigy, Penasyl-
wants, will go to bed and send for Doc
| tors Randall and Kelley, and cry for medi-
cine too soothe her declining years.
SHE BELIEVES IN HERSELF.
| There is one thing above all others that
admire in the citizens of Birmingham,
which the people of more pretentious
cities might initiate with profit. They
are unit in the faith OF the
glorious future that awaits Brming-
ham. There ere no dissensions, no di-
visions Every man is for Birmingham
against the world. Every paper freely
and loudly bows the horn for Birming-
ham. The following is sample from the
New South, which SHOWS the modest ap-
probation Birmingham has for herself:
"The remarkable Improvement in the
value of real estate in Birmingham that
commenced last spring, accompanied by
a rapid increase of population, which eX-
cited attention and remark throughout the
entire country, so far from being merely
temporary and Elusive, has continued up
ward, and these values rest upon so solid
foundation that any reaction is simply
impossible.
"The foundation of Birmingham's rap
id growth and dazzling prosperity is as
solid and enduring as the iron mountains
that skirt her southern borders,
or the vast fields of coal that
almost surround her, and whose resources
are IS boundless in their extent as
they are superior to the coal and iron
fields of other sections and countries in
quality and value. She is the center of
the richest coal and iron deposits in the
world. Tnis fact is becoming known and
appreciated everywhere.
Capitalists from the great manufac-
turing cities of America and Europe are
hurrying here and pouring millions of
dollars into the lap of this fair young
city, and some of the rallwas kings of the
country are planning to bring their roads
TO her do ors.
"a small space of land within her
limits, with furnsce that originally cost
not more than 100000, brings, in a
recent sale, the round sum Of 5000, 900
"The Elyton Land Compan, Is selling
real estate within the city limits at the
rate of 81, 000, 900 week.
"The organ Zation of financial and man
ufacturing companies for operations
here, involving OUTLAWS of capital of from
100000 to $500, ZOO, is of weekly occur
ence
"These facts alone explain the cause
and the increasing strength and perma-
hence Of the great Birmingham boom
"The future OF Birmingham Is not a
matter of doubt. Her position as the lead
ing manufacturing, commercial and rail-
way city of the South is assured In less
than four years her population will num-
Der 100000. Can anyone doubt t.
within ten years her population will reach
25O,OOO?"
BIRMINGHAM has got the iim-jsms on
real estate, but she will recover and
learn that her text is pig iron, Coal and
business, and not real estate speculations
and crazy prices for frog ponds.
PIcKAwAY.